Scientific Linux Security Update : evolution on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20130221)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 65010

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Synopsis

The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The way Evolution handled mailto URLs allowed any file to be attached to the new message. This could lead to information disclosure if the user did not notice the attached file before sending the message. With this update, mailto URLs cannot be used to attach certain files, such as hidden files or files in hidden directories, files in the /etc/ directory, or files specified using a path containing '..'.
(CVE-2011-3201)

This update also fixes the following bugs :

- Creating a contact list with contact names encoded in UTF-8 caused these names to be displayed in the contact list editor in the ASCII encoding instead of UTF-8. This bug has been fixed and the contact list editor now displays the names in the correct format.

- Due to a bug in the evolution-alarm-notify process, calendar appointment alarms did not appear in some types of calendars. The underlying source code has been modified and calendar notifications work as expected.

- An attempt to print a calendar month view as a PDF file caused Evolution to terminate unexpectedly. This update applies a patch to fix this bug and Evolution no longer crashes in this situation.

All running instances of Evolution must be restarted for this update to take effect.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 65010

File Name: sl_20130221_evolution_on_SL6_x.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Scientific Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 3/5/2013

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:evolution-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:evolution-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:evolution-pst, x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:evolution, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:evolution-perl, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:evolution-spamassassin, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:evolution-conduits, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:evolution-help

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 2/21/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/8/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-3201

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